SO LONG MATTHEWWOTS… Hou native & former Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland has parted ways w/ long time manager & father of Beyonce, Mathew Knowles

WORD IS… the parting was “amicable” & the singer has not announced who her next manager will be

Matthew still manages his daughter Beyonce

MICHAEL IN THE DOGHOUSE AGAINWOTS… Michael Jackson is being sued again, this time by director John Landis, the man responsible for the 80’s video “Thriller”

ACCORDING TO KN SOURCES… the director is still owed nearly $1 million for his work on the “Thriller” video

WORD IS… currently Michael has sold the rights of the song & video to a producer who is in hopes of making “Thriller” into a broadway musical

No word yet on how & if Michael will take care of his debt

LUDA’s BEST BUYWOTS… Grammy winning rapper Ludacris has joined forces w/ Best Buy’s teenage-based social networking site “@15” for a special Teen Service Announcement

WORD IS… Best Buy is hoping thaat Luda’s participation in the online program will encourage teenagers to give back.

“… give teens a voice and give them opportunities to direct the company’s philanthropy through the newly-created @15 Fund”

Luda says about the program… “We all make mistakes, but you have to learn from your mistakes. Try not to make the same mistakes twice in life. We all have teenage years where we kind of were rebellious and just doing things that we’re finding out about life… We’ve all been through some bad situations and you learn from them and you become a better person because of it. Adversity can make you a stronger person.”

ACCORDIN TO DJ Classicz president Dallas Jackson… “It’s an extraordinary rags-to-riches journey that I’m eager to bring to the screen,… And I’m hoping to have Run, DMC andRussell Simmons‘ involvement. This will be a big movie about the 1980s hip-hop movement that took over the world.”

According to Image Award organizers… Spike Lee’s ‘Miracle Of St. Anna’; Tyler Perry’s ‘The Family That Preys’; and Patrick Ian Polk’s ‘Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom’… are among those nominated in the award’s 3 directing categories.

TI @ THE GRAMMY’SWOTS… TI is performing twice at this years 51st annual Grammy Awards!

ACCORDIN TO KN SOURCS… TIP will hitting the stage once w/ fellow nominees Jay Z, Lil Wayne & Kanye West to perform “Swagga Like Us”… he is also set to perform alongside Justin Timberlake

The ATL rapper has been nominated for 4 awards

Catch the 51st Annual Grammy’s live from the Staples Center in LA on CBS Feb 8 @ 8 p ET

WAYNE’S ROCKWOTS… Lil Wayne’s much anticipated rock “Rebirth” album is scheduled fora release sometime in April

WORD IS… Wayne will be performing the album’s 1st single “Prom Queen” live Tuesday evening @ San Diego State University, with the performance being broadcast on AT&T’s FREEdom of Choice Facebook page on Weds

EMINEM & 50 ALMOST DONEWOTS… 50 Cent has recently said that Eminem‘s highly-anticipated album “Relapse” is near completion.

ACCORDIN TO 50… “His new album is almost actually done. I went to Detroit to mix my song ‘I Get It In’ w/ Dr. Dre and Eminem is currently mixing his album right now. It won’t be more than maybe 2 weeks before they start trying to figure out when they will start scheduling the release of his actual project.”

No release date for Em’s “Relapse” has been announced.

50 LAUNCHES FILM COMPANYWOTS… 50 Cent has announced plans to begin producing films w/ the launch of his latest venture, a film production company called Cheetah Vision.

WORD IS… 50 & Cheetah Vision have already 8 scripts.

ACCORDING TO THE GUNIT GENERAL… “They are all different types of movies that I bought the rights to, and we’re developing projects. You will see different things from me in the future”

DEATH ROW GOES FOR MILLIONS!WOTS… Death Row Records’ assets, including master recordings of 2Pac, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, were sold Thurs (JAN 15) at auction for $18 million to Canadian development company WIDEawake Entertainment Group.

ACCORDING TO KN SOURCES & much to Lydia Harris’ (Death Row Records CO-founder) contest of the auctio… “The only creditor likely to profit from the deal is the IRS”

When asked if the fashionista wanted more kids, Simmons said… “I would love to. I practice everyday.”

4 MEN STABBED… NOTORIOUSWOTS… 4 men were stabbed @ a NY nightclub during an after-party for the premiere of “Notorious”

SOURCES SAY… A 21 yr old man was left in critical condition after being stabbed several times @ the Djumbala club in Brooklyn.

WORD IS… 3 others were listed in stable condition after the incident

Although the party had been promoted as the “official after-party” for “Notorious”, Fox Searchlight says it had no affiliation w/ the event.

The Brooklyn nightclub stabbing is not the only incident of violence to be tied to the film

According to KN SOURCES… a man was shot twice Fri inside a N.C. theater during a opening night sold out show… WORD IS… the film’s star Jamal Woolard was actually in attendance at the time of the shooting.